If you have two loaves of bread sell one and buy flowers. For although the bread will nourish your body, the flowers will nourish your soul.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Faux Silk

After almost a hundred photos in every conceivable lighting, angle and position, I finally gave up and settled for this one. This card was done for my weekly CCEE challenge. This one was to use the faux silk technique. You do this by stamping tissue paper, balling it up, smoothing it out and glueing it to a piece of cardstock. It gives great texture to your artwork. The red panel has gold oriental writing stamped on it, plus I got a little gold ink on my finger and lightly rubbed it on the raised edges to highlight the texture. It's very subtle and looks great in real life. However, I had a terrible time trying to capture the effect in a photo. All three panels are done in the faux silk.

About Me

I'm a wife, mother of four, grandmother of three and am blessed with a large, wonderful extended family. I'm also a first-time blogger who's not quite sure of what she's doing, so please be patient. My purpose is journaling...something I've been not so good at in the past. But I love working on the computer, so...maybe this time. I'm viewing this as an online scrapbook that
will be a reflection of my passions...my Lord, my family, music, gardening, bird watching, decorating, rubber stamping and probably a lot of miscellaneous thoughts and ramblings tucked in. I'm pleased to share these with you, but also will not be at all disappointed if no one reads them but me. I'm just looking forward to the adventure of the process.

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